Drinkable water group
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Great job on the offline LoPoints! I use them a lot for hiking and cycling.
I already use the Drinking water category, which is very useful for points tagged "amenity=drinking_water". However, it does not seem to include fountains tagged "amenity=fountain" + "drinking_water=yes".
These fountains can also provide potable water and be suitable for refilling a bottle, but showing the general Fountain category brings up many decorative fountains that are not useful for drinking.
Would it be possible to add a separate category such as “Fountains with drinking water”? By selecting it together with Drinking water, hikers and cyclists could display all useful potable water points without showing every decorative fountain without drinkable water.
I like this idea 
Please do not create a new group. We already have a "Drinking Water" group, and all of that should be displayed. This includes wells with `drinking_water=yes`.
Please do not create a new group. We already have a "Drinking Water" group, and all of that should be displayed. This includes wells with `drinking_water=yes`.
Unfortunately, water points, fountains and the like are often incorrectly tagged with "drinking_water=yes", even though the water is definitely not fit for drinking. This often applies to taps in cemeteries, which are only used for watering. But it also applies to decorative fountains. I’ve often come across ones that explicitly stated “not drinking water”, yet were still tagged with “yes”.
So you can’t rely on it anyway. Trash in, trash out...
Unfortunately, water points, fountains and the like are often incorrectly tagged with "drinking_water=yes", even though the water is definitely not fit for drinking. This often applies to taps in cemeteries, which are only used for watering. But it also applies to decorative fountains. I’ve often come across ones that explicitly stated “not drinking water”, yet were still tagged with “yes”.
So you can’t rely on it anyway. Trash in, trash out...
If you notice this, you should change it in OSM immediately.
If you notice this, you should change it in OSM immediately.
I've never had a problem with cemetery water LOL
I've never had a problem with cemetery water LOL
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